ILS Consultant

Are you a Logistician, Engineer or ILS Specialist looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have experience delivering Supply Chain, ILS or TTLS principles in the defence sector?

tpgroup are a global professional services and technology partner with a unique end-to-end approach in defence, energy and space programmes.

We are looking for Senior ILS Consultants to join our Supportability Engineering Practice. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team, who are working on sharing innovative solutions or manufacturing bespoke engineering systems.

The Role

The supportability engineering team work as part of our consultancy department who deliver services in partnership with national government bodies, international institutions and global prime contractors on enterprise transformation, feasibility analysis, systems engineering and programme delivery and support.

We are looking for someone who has experience of providing support / assurance to Defence Projects that are reliant upon the MOD Joint Support Chain, including:

• Ranging and Scaling of the appropriate spares including optimised Initial Provisioning and Reprovisioning recommendations
• Oversight of Supply Support Information, including that required for NATO Codification and optimised Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation

 

To deliver the Senior ILS Consultant role you will preferably have a background in defence. Within this role, you will be leading the development of key aspects of the Support Solution within Defence Projects.  You will be able to call on mentoring support from the ILS Principal, and once established will be expected to provide support to Consultants and Junior Consultants.

 

About You

The right applicant for this role will be a Logistician, Engineer or from an ILS background, with relevant sector experience ideally working in or supporting projects within the defence sector. You must have experience in providing ILS client support on multiple projects, or providing specialist support to the team on larger defence projects. You will have had experience of applying defence standards to the acquisition or in service support of military capability. In order to deliver this role you need proven stakeholder and relationship management skills.

In return, you will be joining a company that is growing and looking to provide you with the opportunity to develop your career. We will support you in expanding your skills and capabilities and the team around you. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

If you are interested in applying for this role, you must have:

 

• Candidates must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
• Candidates will need to undergo an internal BPSS check prior to gaining site access.
• Candidates will also need to either hold a current SC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company.

• To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years’ UK residency.